Wild Card aftermath
Antrel Rolle was exhausted and he said as much in the locker room after Sunday’s 51-45 overtime win. Rolle had an excuse, since he had barely practiced for two weeks before taking part in the Wild Card...
View ArticleFriday before the Saints
The stat of the weekend, bar none: Once the current NFL playoff setup began in 1990, the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed – which obviously got a bye in the first round – won their initial playoff game 17...
View ArticleHightower gets 2nd-longest playoff TD run
The 70-yard touchdown run by Tim Hightower on the Cards’ first play from scrimmage tied the Cards’ second-longest in playoff history. Adrian Murrell had a 74-yard TD run against Dallas in the 1998...
View ArticleDRC doubtful with knee injury, Rolle out UPDATE
CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie just hurt his left knee, it looks like, and was carried off the field, and safety Antrel Rolle isn’t playing right now either (nothing has been officially reported).I...
View ArticleDivisional Playoff Aftermath
Last year at this time (at least, as I am writing) I was also sitting on a plane coming back from a road trip in the second round of the playoffs. Obviously, that had a whole different feel. Saturday...
View ArticlePictures worth 1,000 words
Not going to lie — with players scattered and coaches in Alabama, there’s not a whole lot to write about right now. Thanks to Twitter, we know Larry Fitzgerald and Darnell Dockett flew out to the Pro...
View ArticleRevisionist History: A playoff pounding in Dallas
The latest in a series of offseason posts looking back: When all that noise cropped up around the Cardinals in January of 2009 – the stuff about that team being the worst in playoff history, etc.,...
View ArticlePlayoffs????
Let’s make this short and sweet. I became a writer in part because math was never my thing. The folks at sportsclubstats.com do the math, however, and their math says that — assuming the Cardinals...
View ArticlePlayoff reality (or possibilties, depending on your view)
The Cardinals are the 10th seed in the NFC right now. Their playoff chances are very, very slim. They must win their last two games to finish 9-7 and have any measurable hope. There are two wild card...
View ArticleSpoiler alert
The playoffs are a long-ago dream, but the Cardinals still can have a hand in it. This week, the Bears — reeling as they are — come to town losers of 5 of their last six after a 7-1 start. Once the...
View ArticleScoreboard watching and the playoff chase
Bruce Arians does not want to talk playoffs. Not yet. “Somebody asked me once if I’m scoreboard-watching,” Arians said. “I said, ‘Yeah. First down, second down, third down and how much time is left on...
View ArticleTitans aftermath
Somehow, it turned into 2009 again. It shouldn’t have, not with the Cardinals having built a 34-17 lead and holding that lead with less than four minutes to play, but I’ll say this, the Titans kept...
View ArticleFriday before the Seahawks different for Dockett
The Cardinals as a group haven’t just moved far forward from this time last year. So too has Darnell Dockett. The trip to Seattle was the back end of a very rocky week for the defensive tackle last...
View ArticleSo now it’s about the Bucs
Go … Lavonte David? In case you missed it last night — and I’m sure most of you didn’t — the 49ers beat the Falcons to clinch a playoff berth and eliminate the one opportunity left for the Cardinals to...
View ArticleOdds, ends and Bowles
So it’s gonna be about 70 degrees today. Sunny. Just sayin’. Seems like everyone else is making comments about the weather, so I thought I’d chime in. Anyway … – Defensive coordinator Todd Bowles...
View ArticleBeat the Rams, and the playoffs are all but a lock
The NFC West can’t be decided this week. That is going to come down to the “Sunday Night Football” game at home against the Seahawks. But if the Cardinals can beat the Rams Thursday night, regardless...
View ArticlePackers loss gives Cards-Seahawks extra meaning
The Cardinals won in St. Louis Thursday, and can spend Sunday watching the rest of the NFC playoff picture unfold. Already, they caught a break. The Green Bay Packers went to Buffalo and lost, 21-13,...
View ArticleHome means so much — now, and then
The Cardinals are 7-0 at University of Phoenix Stadium this season. They are 13-2 at home since Bruce Arians became coach — a meaningless, close loss to the 49ers to close out the 2013 season, and the...
View ArticleFriday before the Rams, and Fitz’s 1,000
There is no guarantee Larry Fitzgerald will have eight catches Sunday in St. Louis, but how fitting would it be if he did. Eight receptions would mean Fitz would reach 1,000 for his illustrious career,...
View ArticlePackers aftermath, now with more sacks
The last time the Packers played in Arizona, it was highlighted by a strip-sack of Aaron Rodgers. It only made sense that this time the Packers came to Arizona, it was highlighted by a strip-sack of...
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